The Only Use of
grievance
in
1984, by Orwell
- And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because being without general ideas, they could only focus it on petty specific grievances.
p. 71.9grievances = causes of complaint
Definitions:
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(1)
(grievance) the cause of a complaint (real or imagined); or the complaint in formally written form
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, in classic literature, grievance can reference a feeling of resentment.